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Planned Giving

What is Planned Giving?

A planned gift is any major gift that is part of a donor’s overall financial and estate planning.

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Read through our Frequently Asked Questions to see if planned giving is right for you.

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Learn how meaningful it is to give a gift through your will. Your generosity will last forever.

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Life Insurance

Life insurance policies are an easy and straightforward method of charitable giving.

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Retirement Plans

Donors may find it beneficial to contribute all or part of their retirement funds to the AECP.

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Charitable Trusts

A charitable trust is a flexible way to serve your long-term financial and charitable goals.

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Real Estate & Assets

Donors can also decide to give a gift of real estate or personal property to the AECP.

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Planned Giving Glossary

Learn the ABCs of planned giving through our comprehensive glossary of terms.

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Do You Need Help?

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Armen Vardanyan

Armen Vardanyan, the Armenian EyeCare Project’s (AECP) first Fellow, views his selection as “both a great honor and a big responsibility.” Chosen in 1996 as the first AECP-AAMSOC (Armenian American Medical Society of California) Scholars participant, Armen studied with Dr. Barry Kuppermann at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

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Only half of the estimated 61 million adults in the United States, who classify as being at high risk for serious vision loss, have visited an eye doctor in the past year.

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Anthony Aldave, M.D.

Joining Roger Ohanesian and a team of AECP doctors on the Armenian EyeCare Project’s 26th Medical Mission in June 2005, Dr. Anthony Aldave performed the country’s first artificial cornea implant.

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For each decade after 40 there's a 300% increase in blindness.

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Shant Korkigian

Twenty-three-year-old Shant Korkigian, a second year student at the Medical School of the Michigan State University, never thought medicine would be his career choice. While one might think that following in his father’s footsteps — a successful physician — would be an easy and obvious choice, Shant says, “I wanted to make my own career selection.

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